Colin Welland

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Kes review by A customer from North London

Classic British Northern Grit - sets the bar 5 June 2004
...of school teachers from two ends of spectrum - comically egositical PE bully vs Colin Welland's supportive and intuitive educator.... Read customer review

Cowboys - Series 1 - Complete (1980)
Starring: Colin Welland, David Kelly, Roy Kinnear
Director: Michael Mills
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Should your kitchen need repainting or your bathroom require renovation, you certainly wouldn't want to hire the dubious firm of builders that goes by the name of Joe Jones Limited. Geyser, Wobbly Ron and Eric work for Joe because no-one else will employ them. And Joe has to employ Geyser, Wobbly ..read more »

46% from 3 members
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Cowboys - Series 2 - Complete (1980)
Starring: Colin Welland, Roy Kinnear, James Wardroper
Director: Michael Mills
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If your kitchen should need repainting or your bathroom require renovation, you certainly wouldn't want to hire a highly dubious firm of contractors going by the name of Joe Jones Limited. Geyser, Wobbly Ron and Eric work for Joe because no-one else will employ them. And Joe has to employ Geyser, ..read more »

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Dennis Potter - Blue Remembered Hills on DVD (1979)
Starring: Michael Elphick, Robin Ellis, Colin Welland
Director: Brian Gibson
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Dennis Potter's play 'Blue Remembered Hills' is set in the Forest of Dean. One summer's day in 1943, seven children go out to play. Adult actors portray the parts of all the seven children.

69% from 860 members

The Sweeney Double Feature - Sweeney 1 /... on DVD (1976)
Starring: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Dennis Waterman
Director: David Wickes, Tom Clegg
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Much imitated but rarely bettered, this disc features both spin off movies from the hugely popular 1970s detective series THE SWEENEY. In the first film, DI Regan (John Thaw) is asked to investigate the mysterious death of a friend's girlfriend. But as he is suspended, he can't ask his partner, DC ..read more »

72% from 923 members

Sweeney! (2 discs) on DVD (1976)
Starring: Dennis Waterman, Dennis Waterman, Diane Keen
Director: David Wickes
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A movie spin-off from the popular TV series 'Sweeney.' Regan and Carter are called in to investigate political blackmail.

71% from 116 members

Straw Dogs on DVD (1971)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his English wife to an isolated village where he is harrassed by town bullies. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife.

63% from 6,169 members

Straw Dogs - Blu-ray (1971)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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In Sam Peckinpah's brutal thriller, a quiet, peace-loving American (Dustin Hoffman) moves with his British-born wife (Susan George) to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed by the locals. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife.

65% from 342 members

Armchair Theatre - Vol.1 (1970)
Starring: Colin Welland, Peter Barkworth, Billie Whitelaw
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Armchair Theatre was ITV’s flagship drama anthology series. Initially screened between 1956 and 1973, it was hugely popular, with viewing figures occasionally reaching twenty million, and became a byword for quality in televised drama.

37% from 7 members
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Kes on DVD (1969)
Starring: Colin Welland, David Bradley, Brian Glover
Director: Ken Loach
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Rebellious Billy Casper (David Bradley) finds that training a kestrel takes his mind off his troubled home life and the bullies at school. Set in the Northern English town of Barnsley, the film is a gritty slice of working-class life in the '60s. Based on the Barry Hines novel A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE,..read more »

70% from 11,946 members

Helen Mirren At The BBC (6 discs) on DVD
Starring: Helen Mirren, Stanley Baker, Brian Cox
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Set Comprises: 1. The Changling (1974) 2. The Apple Cart (1975) 3. Caesar & Claretta (1975) 4. The Philanthropist (1975) 5. The Little Minister (1975) 6. The Country Wife (1977) 7. Blue Remembered Hill (1979) 8. Mrd Reinhardt (1981) 9. A Midsummer Nights Dream (1981) 10. Cymbeline (1983) 11. The ..read more »

59% from 118 members

Ian Bannen - 2 times - show films
Jim Norton - 2 times - show films
Helen Mirren - 2 times - show films
Beryl Reid - 2 times - show films
John Thaw - 2 times - show films

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David Wickes - 2 times - show films
Ken Loach - 2 times - show films
Michael Mills - 2 times - show films
Sam Peckinpah - 2 times - show films